Master Planning of Zoos - Central Zoo Authority

Technical Session II
Animal Husbandry Standards
Care standards, exhibit and off-exhibit sizes, barrier sizes, etc.
Australian Standards
n Exhibited Animal Protection Action (Australia) 1986
n Exhibited Animal Protection Regulations 1995
n Standards for Exhibiting Carnivores in New South Wales, Australia 2004
American Zoo and Aquarium Association
Taxon Species Advisory Groups Survival Plans
n Antelopes n Felides n Rhinoceros
n Apes n Marine mammals n Rodents
n Sheep/Goats n Marsupials n Small carnivores
n Bats n New World primates n Tapirs
n Deer n Old World primates n Birds
n Elephant n Pangolins etc. n Reptiles
n Equids n Prosimianus n Fish
Indian Animal Welfare Regulations
How well do you know your plants?
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Tree surveys
and plant
inventories
• Species
• Health
• Condition
• Location
• Value
• History
Traditional Thematic Organizing Concepts
n Taxonomic n Zoo-geographic
n Behavioural (nocturnal, aquatic) n Popularity
n Mixed
Recent Thematic Organizing Concepts
n Bio-geographic (Biome)
n Cultural (African savannah village,
Thai elephant camp)
n Conservation connections
(replicate in-situ sites)